Bias Seen in Bias Studies
“The ‘Faculty Bias’ Studies: Science or Propaganda,” takes eight of the recent studies on faculty politics and judges them by five general tests of social science research. Today?s study finds that the eight all come up short in adhering to research standards. The new study was sponsored by the American Federation of Teachers [AFT] and the work was conducted by John B. Lee, an education researcher?
Two of the authors whose work is criticized by the AFT took issue with the conclusions, and questioned whether the organization could fairly look at these issues.
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So says a January 22, 2007 Chronicle of Higher Education article.
(Thanks to investigator Kristine Danowski for bringing this to our attention.)